About this myth
Tawa and Spider Woman Genesis is a
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Belief system
Hopi Religion
Polytheistic
Hopi religion refers to the spiritual beliefs and customs of the Hopi Tribe in northeastern Arizona. They broadly belong to the shared culture of the Pueblo peoples in the regional Southwest of the United States.
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Tawa
Main deity
Tawa was a solar deity in Hopi religion. In various myths, he plays an important role in creation.
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Background
The Tawa and Spider Woman Genesis creation myth comes from the Hopi Tribe in the Southwest of the United States (Arizona). It is a creation story based on two main deities: Tawa and Spider Woman. According to David Leeming, these two deities created everything else:
"One version of the Hopi creation says
that in the beginning were Spider Woman
(the earth goddess) and Tawa (the sun
god). Tawa controlled Heaven and its
mysteries; Spider Woman's precinct was
Earth. The two lived in Spider Woman's
lair, Under-the-World. They were all-in-all
in those days but were not husband
and wife." [1]
Interestingly, the solar deity Tawa was not married to Spider Woman, the deity who helped Tawa create everything.
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Cite this page
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Tawa and Spider Woman Genesis." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 07 May. 2019, omnika.org/stable/142. Accessed 5 Jul. 2024.
OMNIKA (2019, May 07). Tawa and Spider Woman Genesis. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/142
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Tawa and Spider Woman Genesis." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created May 07, 2019. Accessed July 5, 2024. https://omnika.org/stable/142.
